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Market Underperformance Bears Out Sluggish Growth View

June 2010 | Market Strategy

BMI View: Bahrain has one of the weakest growth outlooks in the MENA region, with sub-2% growth forecast for both 2010 and 2011, and the recent performance of its capital markets bears out this view.

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